Wenger happy with Arsenal performance, hails Barca stars

Arsene Wenger met with the press after his side finally dropped out of the Champions League and seemed in decent enough spirits.

Watching his side go toe-to-toe with the best side in the world, he saw a different beast than he’s had to watch domestically, that’s for sure.

Arsenal were, for the most part, pretty good and even managed to carve out a number of very good chances. That they then went and wasted those chances was probably not a surprise to anyone given how things have been going recently.

After the game, Wenger seemed calm, happy, and not at all upset by what he’d seen.

“I think the performance was first of all good,” Wenger said. “It was a great game between two good teams.

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“We went out [of the Champions League] with regrets, of course, but I must say they have exceptional talent. [In his press conference he went on to add “Barcelona have two or three players who transfer normal life into art.”]